Search
Recommended Products
Related Links


 

 

Informative Articles

Easy Computer Tips
Things you can do to keep your computer running smoothly. 1. Empty your recycle bin, delete the deleted files from Outlook, you can also delete files in your sent folder that are no longer needed. 2. Get rid of those cookies, they can...

Free Software Quickly Eliminates Time Wasting Tasks
Ever find yourself typing the same things over and over on your computer? Maybe you type the same blocks of text into your email messages thirty times a day. Or maybe you find it hard to remember a long website address and never seem to get all...

Technical Writing for the Terrified
Introduction Sometimes it may be beyond a companies or individuals budget to hire a professional writer to address their technical documentation. Although in an ideal world all technical documentation should be produced by a highly trained...

User Friendliness: Do Computers Have To Be Clinical And Boring?
While sleeping through a lecture recently I roused for just long enough to catch the lecturer saying that "Error messages should not try to be funny or amusing, they should be clear and concise". This got me thinking about the ever-elusive goal of...

Why WAP isn’t… as bad as people say
Its unlucky that the acronym for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) has such an unfortunate rhyme! Even more unlucky for WAP, it burst onto the mobile communication scene with lavish promises from the Mobile Operators (you know who you are) of...

 
Google
Stop Your Computer From Getting A Virus

Stop Your Computer From Getting the Flu

Computer viruses have been plaguing computers since they were first created in the 1970's. The problem is new viruses are being created everyday. Not only are our computers more susceptible to being invaded by viruses today than ever before, the viruses today that are created are much more malicious.

A computer virus is just a piece of computer code that somehow finds its way into your computer and commands your computer to follow its instructions. Since there are many different types of viruses that infect each computer in a different way, it is best to focus on prevention to prevent viruses from commandeering your computer.

Here are a few practical tips to stop a majority of viruses from entering your computer. Don't open up email in which the sender is unrecognized or seems fishy. Many viruses enter through email. A few other tips are don't download software or products from an


unreputable source and don't interact with websites that do not seem legit.

But to truly prevent your computer from being attacked it is necessary to install a high quality antivirus software product. Most of the high quality antivirus programs constantly search and destroy malicious viruses. Some are updated daily so you are protected against the newest and sometimes most dangerous viruses in cyberspace. Many of these programs are an excellent value. If you are infected by a virus it may cost you a loss of all your data. Remember when it comes to computer viruses, prevention is most important.

About the author:



Jay is the web owner of http://www.dsl-in.com DSL, a website that provides information and resources on DSL, DSL Service, and DSL Service Providers. You can also visit his website at: http://www.dsl-service.us DSL Service